"A chilled glass of water for the madam is right here," Ben joked as he tried to gauge her mood. He didn't like the troubled look on her face, as it made her look drawn and unhappy. He tried to wrack his brain to think of what he had done in the last moment that could be responsible for that look, but he couldn't come up with anything concrete.

Yes, he had kissed her, but she seemed to enjoy it too, or at least she made a show of enjoying it, and she had not berated him after the kiss like he had expected, so he had thought they had...